Imitation Democracy keyword-desert the author creates an unconventional

the author creates an unconventional but true-to-life portrait of the society and social psychology that gave birth to today’s Russia

This book presents a full decade of Sartre’s work

moral philosophy and literary criticism

it is about the countless thousands of men who lived as long-term casualties—not of shrapnel and gas

vested with extraordinary powers

Imitation Democracy keyword-desert the author creates an unconventionalAfter the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia under Yeltsin and Putin implemented a political system of imitation democracy, marked by a huge disparity between formal constitutional principles and the reality of authoritarian rule. How did this system take shape, how else might it have developed, and what are the prospects for re envisioning it more democratically in the future? These questions animate Dmitrii Furmans Imitation Democracy, a welcome